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This is a shallow dismissal of GP’s point. The point is more, “we aren’t sure it won’t work because it has never been tried,” which is much less of a straw man
by mplanchard 4mo ago
This is a shallow dismissal of GP’s point. The point is more, “we aren’t sure it won’t work because it has never been tried,” which is much less of a straw man to argue with.
- jimbokun 4mo agoNo. There was an unequivocal claim that it will work better than our current system.
- mplanchard 4mo agoCould you quote that? I don’t see it.
- sarchertech 4mo agoThey said “Acting like centrally planned dictatorships is a good form of collaboration is just so off base. There's no reason to think that introducing democracy into the work place wouldn't immediately benefit both workers + customers.” That sounds more like there’s no evidence that it won’t work than an unequivocal claim that it will.
- AnimalMuppet 4mo agoWell... there is historical evidence that centrally planned dictatorships are not a very responsive form of government. Now, corporations usually have the problem of competition, so if they aren't responsive (or at least responsive enough), they get out-competed by those that are. Is that enough to make them different from governments? Perhaps, but I don't know.
- shimman 4mo agoIf you don't think there are competitions in dictatorships you are extremely sheltered. The competition in a dictatorship is whether you stay alive or not, just like in a corporation is whether you become homeless and die or keep a roof over your head. That's just neoliberalism baby!